Am 29.09.2026 um 17:10 hat Philippe Mathieu-Daudé geschrieben: > On 29/9/26 16:38, Kevin Wolf wrote: > > Am 10.08.2026 um 16:12 hat Daniel P. Berrangé geschrieben: > > > Most, but not all, of the shell I/O tests assign an email address to > > > the 'owner' shell variable. This variable is never used for anything > > > so gets reported as a dead assignment by shellcheck. The same is also > > > not done for the python I/O tests, though some include owner= in a > > > comment. > > > > > > Mostly the 'owner=' variable seems to be an alternative to expressing > > > an "Author: NAME <EMAIL>" comment, but without the NAME. While they > > > could be converted to Author comments, this does not have a benefit > > > over using Git history and are not widely used in QEMU source code. > > > Git records activity over time so is more representative than the > > > initial author. Meanwhile the MAINTAINERS file, also expresses a > > > notion of ownership over the maint of files. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> > > > > Ok, why not. I don't think I ever looked at the line to figure out who > > to contact. > > Maybe you didn't had to because these iotests already reached code > perfection :)
Maybe. Or maybe it is just because 'git blame' gives more accurate information anyway. :-) Kevin
